Pleasant Township issues zoning info

Pleasant Township trustees information

The Pleasant Township Board of Trustees would like to remind all township residents in the unincorporated areas of Pleasant Township that a zoning permit is required for all building projects and excavation projects.

Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 519.17 and Article 17.2 of the local Zoning Code, with the exception of agriculture, “no building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to, structurally altered, nor shall any building, structure, or land be established or changed in use without a permit therefore”.  Permits are also required for most agriculture-related building projects, with fees for those permits waived.

Pleasant Township also requires permits, at no charge, for all work within a road right-of-way.  This can include driveways, mailboxes, mailbox approach ways, drainage work and any other excavation performed within road rights-of-way.

Questions or inquiries related to zoning permits can be directed to Calvin Mengerink, zoning Inspector, at 419.238.4690 (office) or 419.238.9421 (home).

Pleasant Township trustees will also enforce any valid public nuisance complaints related to the abatement, control or removal of vegetation, garbage, refuse and other debris. Property owners found in violation will be given written notice of such violation as prescribed by law and given an allotted amount of time to bring the property into compliance.

Properties not brought into compliance can result in Pleasant Township trustees having the weeds and/or grass cut or destroyed and refuse or other debris removed, with any costs assessed to the property owners as prescribed by law.

Owners of properties found in violation of the previously listed violations may also be summoned into court and/or fined. As prescribed by Zoning Regulation section 17.10 “whenever a violation of this resolution occurs, or is alleged to have occurred, any person may file a written complaint.  Such complaint stating fully the causes and basis thereof shall be filed with the zoning inspector”.